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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Matthieu Ozanne, Champanges, FR;
Didier Vuagniaux, Gimel, CH;
Jean-luc Thuliez, Le Landeron, CH;
Thierry Robert, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Matthieu Ozanne, Champanges, FR;
Didier Vuagniaux, Gimel, CH;
Jean-Luc Thuliez, Le Landeron, CH;
Thierry Robert, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A beverage production device comprises a beverage production chamber designed to have a liquid interact with a beverage ingredient contained in a capsule, a liquid supply member for supplying liquid to the beverage production chamber, a heating member provided in the liquid supply member for heating the liquid, and an air separating compartment provided in the liquid supply member after the heating member for separating any air or other gas contained in the liquid. The air separating compartment comprises an inlet for introducing liquid into the air separating compartment, a member for breaking the kinetic energy of the liquid introduced through the inlet, a liquid outlet for evacuating liquid from the air separating compartment, and an air outlet for evacuating air from the air separating compartment.